The lawsuit was filed in the LA Superior Court
The former girlfriend of a Levi Strauss heir is suing him, alleging that he promised her $300,000 (£201,332) to abort their child but did not pay her when she terminated the pregnancy.
Christina Helm, 45, filed a complaint against Daniel Haas in the Los Angeles Superior Court claiming his family pressured him to "fix" the problem of her pregnancy.
Miss Helm argues that Mr Haas was only worried about his public image and the media firestorm that could follow after it was revealed that he had fathered a child out of wedlock.
According to the lawsuit, Mr Haas had agreed to pay Miss Helm the money within 24 hours of proving she had terminated her pregnancy between September 7 and September 14 last year.
The complaint states that the family held an unnatural amount of influence over Mr Haas.
"Haas' personal predicament pushed him to the point where he would do and say anything to end his relationship with plaintiff, cause plaintiff's pregnancy to be terminated, and silence the whole affair from the public," the complaint reads.
Miss Helm says in the complaint that she never would have had the abortion had she known Mr Haas would not keep his end of the bargain.
She is seeking $307,500 in damages, in addition to punitive damages for breach of contract and emotional distress.
An offer of $300,000 was only made by Mr Haas a day after she served him with a paternity action, according to the lawsuit.
Miss Helm says she had been seeing Mr Haas for about 13 months when she became pregnant on June 8 last year.
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